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GILROY—The Valley Transportation Authority plans on expanding bus service in the Garlic Capital in the fall, starting with two lines between Saint Louise Regional Hospital and downtown Gilroy and extending weekday hours of buses between Gavilan College and the city core.

GILROY—Gilroy will soon join other Santa Clara County cities in an expanded, regional system of high-tech radio communications that links first responders, law enforcement agencies and the area’s largest transit agency.

GILROY—A 17-year-old Christopher High School student and budding entrepreneur wants to turn his peers into “walking advocates” for causes from child abuse and homelessness to world hunger.

GILROY—Crecencio Roque gave $10,000 to Gilroy businesswoman Leticia Sandoval to wire to his family in Mexico. Not one dollar arrived.

GILROY—A Union Pacific train collided with a Honda Civic late Thursday after the car became wedged under a crossing arm gate and could not get out of the way of the oncoming train at the intersection of Masten Avenue and Monterey Road.

GILROY—Kayla Nanez has won soccer championships, broken track records and has been named the Valley Christian School’s Female Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years—and she’s only in eighth grade.

GILROY—On a split vote, the Gilroy City Council Monday handed a defeat to business leaders seeking to ease restrictions of advertising banners.

GILROY—Gilroy’s 9-1-1 emergency communications system will get a nearly $300,000 state-of-the-art overhaul at no cost to the city.

GILROY—With three suspects accused of the Feb. 16 slaying and robbery of Gilroy’s Robert Heiser behind bars, one piece of the puzzle remains missing. Isabella Aurora Chaidez, a 17-year-old San Jose woman wanted in connection to his murder and at least one other violent crime in the Bay area, is still on the lam, according to Gilroy police.